10 Responses to Natural Dyeing with Pyracantha Firethorn Berries

Only the copper pot in which I boiled and simmered the berries and silk together. I used tap water in this one. I did another batch using Hawthorn berries – and sea water I collected from the sea in North Norfolk. The result was spectacular. I’ll be posting a blog about that shortly.

Thanks so much for sharing all this information. It’s really generous of you. It’s great that the copper pot acts as a mordant and that sea water works too. I’ll make sure to visit your blog more often.

I would also sugest getting hold of Kimberley Baxter Packwood’s ebooks: http://kbaxterpackwood.com. Her compost dyeing ebook I’m trying to put into practice in that I have had some cloth (cotton muslin) buried for the past 6 months inside a square of decomposing plant matter at my allotment. I’ve sandwiched some leaves etc in between two layers. It’s been rained on, of course and periodically I’ve added water and other liquids. I’m about to go and dig it up! It isn’t silk though and wish now I’d put some silk in there as well. It’s still exciting though. Good luck with your own artistic adventures. Ann